Hi! I first applied for the EU accreditation test in 2008 but didn't meet the official requirements as my languages at the time were Pl (A), En (B) and Ru (C). I have re-applied a few time since, adding Es (C) and also, having lived in Romania for two years, Ro (C). Do you think I stand a chance of ever getting invited? What could boost my chances? I'm losing hope. I offer a good retour from Pl. I HAVE heard there are a lot of interpreters with Pl in EU.

Like Gaspar says, write an e-mail to the heads of the Polish booths at the Commission and the Parliament.

There is no real demand for new Polish interpreters at the moment (I am one of those unlucky ones, accredited after the Polish EU presidency...) but your combination does seem interesting, especially with Romanian. Which university have you graduated from?

Your current language combination is in demand, despite the fact that the PL booth doesn't have urgent needs to recruit. Meaning you could get tested but not get plenty of work. There is a test on September 5th. Try to remind the Joint management of external conference interpreting staff and the head of the PL booth about your existence and availability to be tested with your new combination and/or reapply if needed.

Thank you for this. That's really surprising. How could I remind the Joint management of my existence? So far I've been only adding some documents to my online profile and have been in communication with the person in charge of my file. Is there a specific person I could write to (apart from the head of the Pl booth). And yes, I will definitely re-apply.

If you received a notification (usually sent by the Joint management) that your language profile [was] not in line with current EU requirements, you can reply to that e-mail and let them know that your combination changed since.

An e-mail to the heads of unit (both Parliament and Commission) might be a good thing too, to find out what their assessment is regarding their approximate needs and your possible workload, should you pass the test.